[Proofs before titles of lithographs for City Sights for Country Eyes] Kollner, Augustus b. 1813 American Sunday-School Union publisher American Sunday-School Union publisher still image Graphic Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860 pau Philadelphia PA. Philadelphia Published by the American Sunday School Union, 316 Chestnut St [ca. 1856] 1856 monographic eng
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12 prints: lithographs with one tint stone; 11 x 14 cm (28 x 36 in.) or smaller. Twelve untitled proofs of prints for the 1856 children’s moral instruction book “City Sights for Country Eyes” depicting scenes of daily urban life, particularly men at work. Professions include draymen, oyster seller, ice carter, rag tender, wagoner, express man, butcher, and baker. All the views show a horse-drawn vehicle, including drays, carts, and wagons. Cityscape, including storefronts, warehouses, and wharves are visible in the background of many of the prints. Scenes also include street and pedestrian traffic (men and women); dogs running by; lamp posts; trees, some in cages; and docked and sailing ships. Plates signed variably A. Kollner Lith. Phila.; AKollner’s Lithy Philada; A. Kollner Lithy Phila.; Lithy of A. Kollner; Lithy of A. Kollner, Philada.; and A. Kollners Lithy. Phila. Printed below image on some of the prints: From life New York; From Life; From Life, Phila.; From nat. at New York; From Life at Washington, D.C.; From Life Baltimore; and From Life at Philada. Published titles include: To the Depot; The Heat; Cheek By Jowl; “Prime Oysters!”; Summer Luxuries; Waiting for a Job; The Rag-Tailor/ [Tender]; The Wharf; The Slow Coach; The Express; The Butcher; and The Staff of Life. Bakers Butchers Carts & wagons Dogs Horse-drawn vehicles Horses Laborers Peddlers & peddling Piers & wharves Storefronts Warehouses P.2009.14 Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - City Sights [P.2009.14] aacr dcrmg ppl 991015 20230712175605.0 304064 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.6 using a version of MARC21slim2MODS3-6.xsl (Revision 1.116 2016/3/15) modified by the Library Company of Philadelphia (modified 2023-10-02)